Blake Lively

Reality Stars Feel at Home at Michael Kors, But What About the Clothes? "I Loved It," Says His Mama

Michael Kors with 'Real Housewives of <br>New York City' cast member Kelly <br>Killoren Bensimon.
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Michael Kors with 'Real Housewives of
New York City' cast member Kelly
Killoren Bensimon.

At Michael Kors' 10 a.m. fashion show Wednesday, Blake Lively was the obligatory Gossip Girl representative on hand, looking maddeningly fresh. Several seats down, Heidi Klum, Rachel Zoe and actress Joy Bryant chummed it up, snapping pictures and covered their mouths when they spoke to each other (the better to avoid their comments being printed in stories like this one?).

This being a Michael Kors show, almost everyone in the fashion industry who is also involved with reality television was in attendance. A sampling: Ms. Klum is Mr. Kors' co-star on Project Runway, while Ms. Zoe recently visited Mr. Kors on her own reality show, The Rachel Zoe Project, to find a dress for her client, Ms. Bryant!  read more »

Michelle Trachtenberg Fights the Chaos of Fashion Week with Moisturizer and 1920's Black Tie Parties

Up the hill with Jill: Michelle Trachtenberg, Zoe Saldana and Leigh Lezark
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Up the hill with Jill: Michelle Trachtenberg, Zoe Saldana and Leigh Lezark

Quite the turnout for Jill Stuart's Spring 2009 show this morning: Beth Ostrosky next to Kelly Killoren Bensimon, actress Lindsay Price next to Michelle Trachtenberg next to Zoe Saldana next to The MisShapes' Leigh Lezark, and Bette Midler next to photographer and Top Model judge Nigel Barker.

"I'm training for the marathon so I'm busy running every day and I'm sneaking away for only my favorite shows," said Ms. Ostrosky, who will be getting hitched to Howard Stern next month. (Designer Georgina Chapman, that's Harvey Weinstein's wife, is in the process of designing the wedding gown.)

"I told her that Howard loves it when I dress sexy, I love girly, and then she's got her own style so I said just incorporate all of those three things!" Ms.  read more »

Gossip Girl Does 30 Rock , Too!

Gossip Girl Does 30 Rock , Too!
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It's getting hard to keep up with all the planned 30 Rock guest appearances, isn't it? We need a calendar.

Last week Jennifer Aniston was announced. Then Oprah joined her. And now, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Gossip Girl stars Leighton Meester and Blake Lively will appear on the multi-Emmy nominated comedy during November sweeps in a flashback as former high school classmates of Tina Fey's Liz Lemon.

As fans of both shows, this mash-up is like a dream come true. But considering that neither show has any real audience to speak of, is this a wise move?  read more »

Art and Life Get Blurred for Gossip Girl Fashion Designer Abigail Lorick

Fashion designer Abigail Lorick.
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Fashion designer Abigail Lorick.

On September 4, former Ford model Abigail Lorick will debut her Spring '09 collection. Ms. Lorick's line, Lorick New York, is the real-life fashion line behind Eleanor Waldorf's fictitious fashion house on Gossip Girl. According to Steven Rojas, a spokesperson for Archetype Showroom (which will be producing Lorick's New York Fashion Week show), Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, and Leighton Meester have been invited. But it won't be the first time that they'll be seeing Ms. Lorick's latest collection.  read more »

Morning Memo: Agyness Deyn Engaged; Mariah Carey Celebrates Her Marriage; Gossip Girl Identity Theft

Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond Jr.
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Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond Jr.

Model Agyness Deyn and Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. are engaged. [Us]

Woody Allen's new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona premiered Wednesday night at the Hotel Plaza Athenee on East 64th St.; stars Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall didn't show up. [WWD]

At the screening, Vicky Cristina Barcelona star Javier Bardem gloated over his sex scenes with Ms. Johansson, Ms. Hall and real-life girlfriend Penelope Cruz. [P6]

Mariah Carey is paying $125,000 to rent the Stone Meadow Farm in East Hampton for one week to celebrate her recent marriage to Nick Cannon. [P6]

Someone has been RSVPing for events under Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley's names, and now people are wondering who's playing a joke on Serena and Dan. [Rush & Molloy]

Sisterhood of the Traveling Gossip Girl

Sisterhood of the Traveling Gossip Girl

On Monday, July 28, the 20-year-old actress Blake Lively attended a premiere not for the upcoming season of Gossip Girl (currently filming all over town, including at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights), but for a film with a decidedly less sophisticated audience: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, the sequel to the first megahit from teen novel assembly line forewoman Ann Brashares.

Just as her co-star, America Ferrera, was hardly a household name before Ugly Betty, Ms. Lively was relatively unknown before the CW network made her famous—a fact not lost on her Sisterhood co-stars.  read more »

“I think they’re milking this whole Gossip Girl craze,” said

Morning Memo: Gossip Girl's Drama; LaBeouf's Crash; Lohan's Bike Horror

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LaBeouf

Blake Lively is reportedly jealous of Penn Badgley's new love interest on Gossip Girl and is making everyone uncomfortable with some territorial PDA. [P6]

Shia Leboeuf, was arrested early Sunday and charged with a DUI after his Ford truck hit another car, flipped and landed on its roof in West Hollywood. No one was badly injured. [NY Daily News]

Oil heir Balthazar Getty and Sienna Miller have gone public, visiting the "Bodies: The Exhibit" in South Street Seaport and Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Ms. Miller kept her top on the whole time. [P6]

Silda Wall Spitzer is unimpressed with young women that come over to her husband during dinner and compliment him on his work.  read more »

Slow News Round-Up: Wherein Nothing Happens Besides Gisele's Ripped Clothes and Tim Gunn's Roller Coaster Ride

Tim Gunn
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Tim Gunn

Wow, is it ever slow out there. It's almost like nothing is happening at all. Except for this: 

Gossip Girl's Chase Crawford likes to give his fans hugs. [Daily Intel]

In other GG news, Blake Lively says there's no real kissing on the show: "it's just an open mouth. Your lips are touching each other, but there's definitely no kissing." [
P6]

A wild animal tore Gisele Bündchen's denim outfit into shreds, but she decided to wear it anyway on the cover of V magazine. [The Cut]

Alex Rodriguez talks to The Insider's Pat O'Brian about his personal life, says "everyone has distractions," and he is no exception.  read more »

Morning Memo: New Web Site For You! Plus, Catching Up on Mr. and Mrs. Rod

Morning Memo: New Web Site For You! Plus, Catching Up on Mr. and Mrs. Rod
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Former Radar editor Remy Stern's Web site chronicling New York's influentials has finally gone live with (exclusive!) pictures of Eliot Spitzer's daughter's prom and a handy survival guide for the city's trophy wives to get us going. Click through for more. [Cityfile

Lazard Freres banking heir Justin Lazard is planning to sue the Caribbean hotel where he and his wife, former Project Runway contestant Shannon Fluet, were married in early June. Mr. Lazard claims that his then-pregnant wife was assaulted by the hotel's manager and security guards. [P6]

Alex Rodriguez' friends are reportedly accusing his estranged wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, of going on a spiteful spending spree amidst their public divorce.  read more »

Vanity Fair's Young Hollywood Loves Guitar Hero, Obama, Shoes

Thirlby: Obama a Shoe-in?
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Thirlby: Obama a Shoe-in?

In an effort to name promising newcomers so that they can later say, "We Told You So!" Vanity Fair has come out with its Bright Young Hollywood package for its August issue.

The spread of young men and women features their answers to a hard-hitting questionnaire about their lifestyle preferences: Levi's or J Brand? BlackBerry or iPhone? Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin?

And what do we learn?

They love shoes!

Seventeen year-old Emma "Julia's Niece" Roberts, tells the magazine that she owns a little under 50 pairs of shoes and hopes to imitate the Olsen twin look.  read more »

Morning Memo: Madonna and A-Rod? Sir Sean Connery and Trump?

Madonna: Baseball Fan?
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Madonna: Baseball Fan?

Amidst divorce rumors, Madonna may be having an affair with Yankee, Alex Rodriguez. [Us Weekly]

In a freak year at The Dalton School, not a single student got into Harvard and many are finding themselves attending non-Ivies like Syracuse, Vanderbilt, and Tulane. [Page Six Magazine via Daily Intel]

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively politely asks you not to compare her to Paris Hilton since she doesn't go to clubs, dance on tables, or like sex tapes, she says. [P6]

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's divorce hearings begin in open court tomorrow. The New York Daily News has a detailed round-up of their divorce proceedings thus far. [NY Daily News]  read more »

Morning Memo: Chloe Sevigny, 'Eco-Nazi'? Angelina Jolie Pregnant With Twins

Morning Memo: Chloe Sevigny, 'Eco-Nazi'? Angelina Jolie Pregnant With Twins
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Chloë Sevigny has turned into an "Eco-Nazi" with her anti-plastic-bag ways. [The Cut]

Gossip Girl News! The guy who plays Dan's father, Rufus, thinks Dan and Serena make a "a very hot couple" in real and Gossip worlds, which is kind of ew. Meanwhile, GG's lead torturer Michelle Trachtenberg was in fact the torturee in her private Los Angeles high school. [People, Daily Intel]

Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has moved into an apartment on West 66th Street after getting separated from his wife, Gail Gregg, who for now occupies the home they shared together on West 64th Street. [P6]

Eliot Spitzer will be issuing campaign contribution refunds to his top supporters. [P6]  read more »

Morning Memo: Smooch! Happy Birthday, Israel! Meanwhile, Some People Hate on Baba Wawa

Morning Memo: Smooch! Happy Birthday, Israel! Meanwhile, Some People Hate on Baba Wawa
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Amanda Peet can't get enough room for herself and her stroller on the Philly-New York Acela train. [P6]

When resourceful socialite Lydia Hearst can't get a little champagne, she simply mixes white wine with club soda. [P6]  read more »

Morning Memo: Blake Lively Is Just Like Us! Joan Rivers, Not So Much

Morning Memo: Blake Lively Is Just Like Us! Joan Rivers, Not So Much
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Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively is so just one of the people, while Helena Christensen is categorically not. Ms. Lively went to Café Habana over the weekend and waited in line! For more than half an hour! Meanwhile, Ms. Christensen walked up to the eatery but kept on walking when she saw there was a wait. [P6]  read more »

Henri Bendel Sees Shopping Surge from Gossip Girl

Henri Bendel Sees Shopping Surge from <i>Gossip Girl</i>
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Blake Lively isn’t the only one seeing an in increase in attention since Gossip Girl debuted this season. Just ask the staff at Henri Bendel on Fifth Avenue. It seems the ritzy retail store has seen a spike in curious visitors dropping by to inquire about the show, which has filmed scenes on the premises. Bendel’s Web site and general phone number have also been seeing an increase in usage. And because they have been keeping a record of the surge times, they’ve discovered that most of hits and calls happen after the CW show airs. According to WWD, even Gossip Girl stars Ms. Lively, who plays Serena van der Woodsen, and Taylor Momsen, who plays Jenny Humphrey, have popped in to pick up some pricey wares.

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively Gets Recognized by 'Guidos'

Lookin' Lively!
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Lookin' Lively!

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, who plays sassy social-dominatrix Serena van der Woodsen on the CW series, gets recognized on the street. Like, all the time. In a recent interview, the 20-year-old actress said she even gets shout-outs from “Guido-type guys, like frat boys.” (Some people have all the luck.) But Ms. Lively assured the AP that she is very different from her character on the show. After all, as the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants actress reminds us, she grew up “in a small town in California”—Burbank, to be precise. But Ms. Lively promised, too, that she and her on-screen persona aren’t altogether apples and oranges, either; “We both giggle a lot. We look alike.” Imagine the odds!

More interview highlights after the jump!  read more »